A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

Making its debut at the top was Glass starring James McAvoy and Bruce Willis.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £51,141,113 over 13 weeks of release.

The number one film was Tak3n which had been at the top for 2 weeks. The top new film of the week was American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper and Kyle Gallner which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Paddington which had been on the box office for 8 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £40,331,079 after 6 weeks of release

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £49,374,516 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Up In The Air starring George Clooney and Vera Farmiga which entered the box office at number 5.

The film with the longest run was Nine which had been on the box office for 5 weeks .

Making its debut at the top was Closer starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Incredibles which had taken £31,054,826 over 9 weeks of release

The number one film was Sleepy Hollow which had been at the top for 2 weeks. The top new film of the week was Angelas Ashes starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 11 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £26,530,097 after 8 weeks of release

The number one film was Stargate which had been at the top for 2 weeks. The top new film of the week was Eat Drink Man Woman starring Sihung Lung and Yu-Wen Wang which entered the box office at number 7.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,168,240 over 15 weeks of release

The number one film was Parenthood which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,731,728 over 13 weeks of release

A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

Making its debut at the top was Stan And Ollie starring John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan.

The film with the longest run was A Star Is Born which had been on the box office for 12 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £49,958,709 after 12 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Tak3n starring Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker.

The film with the longest run was The Imitation Game which had been on the box office for 9 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £39,201,752 after 5 weeks of release

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £40,991,797 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke and Isabel Lucas which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was The Twilight Saga: New Moon which had been on the box office for 8 weeks .

Making its debut at the top was White Noise starring Michael Keaton and Chandra West.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason which had taken £35,612,127 over 9 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

The film with the longest run was Tarzan which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £25,453,243 after 7 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,160,883 over 14 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen.

The film with the longest run was The Abyss which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,723,429 after 12 weeks of release

Making it four weeks at the top of the box office chart this week, and becoming the top grossing film ever in the UK in that time Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The seventh Star Wars film has not taken just about every honour the box office can give, except for highest grossing film across the globe, which it will probably leave where it is.

The figure for The Force Awakens this week are, £6 million for the weekend, £11 million for the week and £108 million total gross, it is of course the highest total grossing film on the chart.

Highest new film of the week is the 8th Quentin Tarantino film (have directors ever promoted film before by how many they have made!) The Hateful Eight which enters the chart at number 2.

The film takes £2.7 million for the weekend, £4 million behind The Force Awakens showing how popular that film still is.

The are no other new films on the box office top 10 this week.

Historical charts

A year ago - Tak3n (Taken 3) was the highest new film of the week knocking The Theory of Everything down to number 3.

Five years ago - Oscar winner The Kings Speech entered that box office at the top knocking Little Fockers down to number 3.

Ten years ago - King Kong remained at the top of the chart and with a static top 2 the highest new film was Just Friends at number 3.

Fifteen years ago - Unbreakable was unmovable at number 1 with the highest new film coming in at number 4 in the shape of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, good for an oriental movie.

Twenty years ago - Seven (or Se7en) was the highest new film at the top of the box office knocking Ace Ventura When Nature Calls down to number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Arachnophobia came in at the top and knocked Home Alone to number 2.

This week in the UK video sales chart best selling novel adaptation film Fifty Shades of Grey makes its debut at the top.

Fifty Shades was released in UK cinemas on Valentine weekend of this year, trying to make it as the ultimate date movie.

The film debuted at the top of the box office and quickly became the top grossing movie of 2015, at least for the early part of the year.

The film had a 7 week run on the UK box office during which time it grossed a very respectable £34.6 million making it the 62nd highest grossing film in the UK ever.

Across the globe it bake $566.7 million making it the 112th highest grossing movie ever, and of course it guarantees the sequels to be made.

Last weeks top film, Tak3n, falls down to the number 2 slot this week after a single week at the top.

Also new on the video chart are: Blackhat which makes it's debut at 11, Stonehearst Asylum which is new at 17 and Pound of Flesh which is new at 19.

Liam Neeson stars in the final of the Taken trilogy in the new film topping the sales charts in the UK this week.

Tak3n was released in UK cinemas on January 9th 2015 where it made its debut at the top of the box office with a very decent weekend gross of £6.7 million.

It remained at the top the following week and spend a total of 6 weeks on the top 15 making a sharp steady decline.

The film took a total of £17.4 million and is the 225th highest grossing film in the UK, in America is grossed $325 million and is the US 295th highest grosser of all time.

Kingsman The Secret Service falls just a single place to number 2 this week after a single week at the top.

Also new this week is: Football documentary Gascoigne about the famed footballing legend at number 4 and hard hitting drama Selma at number 10.